DC has announced You’re A Superhero!, a new early reader graphic novel by Supergirl actor and writer Azie Tesfai, with art by Penelope Rivera Gaylord.
Aimed at ages 5–7, the story follows a six-year-old girl, Mariam, who lives in the DC universe and longs to see the heroes on TV closer to home. She discovers her own local heroes in the everyday people in her neighborhood, from her building super to her bus driver to her mom.
“I wrote this book because playing a superhero on television opened me up to a world filled with imagination, power, and possibility, one I hadn’t fully experienced when I was growing up,” Tesfai said. “It made me think about how meaningful it would have been to meet these heroes at a younger age and to see myself reflected in that world from the very beginning. With this story, and as DC begins an exciting new chapter in the kids’ space, I wanted children to have that experience early on.”
Tesfai played Kelly Olsen, sister to Jimmy Olsen, on Supergirl. After her TV brother left the show, she also became a superhero and took on the mantle of the Guardian. The actress is the first Ethiopian and Eritrean person to portray a superhero on U.S. television, and the first CW actor to write for the network, penning the Guardian’s debut episode, “Blind Spots.”
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